Taming tension

prefrontal cortex is basically a subocnious circuit, reaction is also reacting to the perception fo
how its going to feel not how it actually feels

Long neck, short throat

Lifting arms pushes collarbone down

Not up but forward (stretch but not tension)

Shoulder heavy, arm is light

Instrument wants to be low?

Bow balance not bow grip

RH
#1: grip between thumb and middle ---- at tip slide to frog (thumb touvhing fist finger line}
#2: pinkie index seperation up/down
Up as soon as pinkie bends, index is loose (pinkie nail purpendicular to stick)
#3: balance just on pinkie (srength muscle seperation)
Minus strength, hang middle finger on bow, high wrist so loose
Index seperates from bow
#4: let go of fingertips at tip of bow
Detache at tip with only open middle finger and thumb on bow
Controlling bow direction with large muscles produces good sound, no pressure
Just middle, just index, then bow (loudness is only pressure on index)

Pressure needed (only betwwen thumb and index, scissoring together)

Train muscle squeeze between index and thumb while staying relaxed

Larger motions
Arm seperated from shoulder joint
down , arm falls away, pulls out of shoulder whether finishing up or down
Back delt supports arm while horizontally free (elbow has to be above hand to activate

Swing arm at all string levels, should feel same and completeley free
Large easy detache feel swing, no fingers

Slow tetache at tip on a, no presure (hold up with rear delt)

down bow swings, throw forward

Same motion, nly string stops, every upbow, relax elbow down, shoulder sensation (not seen
but felt)
Feel instant release

Up-down segments

Finally full bow

Gallamian in and ow
Down foward, up back

Fall diagonally down from frog to middle, falls out from middle to tip
Falls down and back from tip to middle and throw diagonally up from middle to frog
First three are passive, last is active

Whole, half half whole 41:00

Cicular sensation

Stop bows ---- same attack weight relaxation at all parts

Whole, two ups same friction, depth of bit
Two downs one up
Two down, up, down, up up
At stop muscles are completelt calm

LH
Colapse wrist slightly, to seperate finger and wrist muslce, finger momentum

All fingers, lift one and slap down on fingerboard really fast
Every finger x1, x2, x4
First down, all of them
Now same but rebound only to a harmonic, umpulses

When you learn shifting, know where notes are

Shifting erases old position, moves to new, no guide notes
Old note, open string (hand completely relaxed), new note

Phrasing without tension

Learning to control time -- trying to control time creates tension
Automatic time: beat -- creates tension
If you don’t hear the metronome you are really with it
Concious time -- every notes is controlled in time
Harmony and rhythm == notes and gesture
1. Take rhythm out separate notes, finding right color desire to connect notes is
gone
2. Slow tempo, start putting it back together with slow subdivisions on metronome
Creating every note deliberately on the spot

Spicatto about feeling weight at tip, fall and bounce as moving bow, and then just consecutive
hits

Create three dimensional sound by playing in 3D space